Shortly before Noah and the Whale took to the Main Stage at Electric Picnic, Craig Fitzpatrick nabbed bassist Matt "Urby Whale" Owens and guitarist/keyboardist Fred Abbott for a friendly interrogation, Hot Press-style.

Up for discussion?

How new album, Heart Of Nowhere, was inspired by the 'suspended adolescence' of being in a band. Last time Charlie Fink talked to HP, he was in Dublin for a stag party for the same friend whose initial engagement inspired the new record. There was a messy update on said stag jaunt. Also, Owens and Abbott discussed their evolution as a band, how they've become more cinematic in sound, and how Fink could one day write a film.

As London nu-folk act Noah & The Whale get set to release fourth album Heart Of Nowhere, frontman Charlie Fink sits down with Maeve Heslin to discuss nostalgia, filmmaking, Twitter... and Stag parties!